In this case, “team” is known as the root, but it is still an element.
The “team” element has three “player” elements inside of it. Each “player” element also has three distinct elements: “first_name”, “last_name”, and “ranking”.

The “first_name”, “last_name”, and “ranking” elements all have values inside, which are known as the element content. If an element has an element content (not an attribute), then it does not have any child elements.

How to Parse the XML

First, you need to create an XML file with the above elements pasted inside.